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The Independent Learner NEW

Metacognitive Exercises to Help K–12 Students Focus, Self-Regulate, and Persevere

By Nina Parrish

Teach students how to self-regulate with researchaf rmed, teacher-tested strategies. Perfect for teachers in any grade level or content area, this book will give you the tools you need to equip students with metacognitive skills and the ability to take ownership of their learning. Support students as they learn how to build intrinsic motivation, emotional literacy, and problem solving skills—all essential for future success. • Learn the bene ts and components of selfregulated learning. • Encourage students to take ownership of their learning by providing authentic, challenging learning experiences. • Discover numerous research-based strategies and activities that can be used across grade levels and subject areas.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG017 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-43-9

The Cardboard Classroom NEW

A Design-Thinking Guide for Elementary Teachers

By Doug Robertson and Jennifer Borgioli Binis

A design-minded teacher facilitates learning that is exible, creative, and collaborative–with a healthy mix of critical thinking, trial and error, failure, and success. In The Cardboard Classroom, authors Doug Robertson and Jennifer Borgioli Binis offer practical guidance and sample projects developed from Robertson’s authentic classroom experiences to help you nd space for this engaging approach to instruction in your daily practice. • Discover why design thinking is more the identity of the teacher than instructional strategy. • Learn how design-minded teaching advances student learning and improves engagement. • Study real-world examples and experiences of the design process in action.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG023 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN: 978-1-952812-55-2

Sustainable Project-Based Learning NEW

Five Steps for Designing Authentic Classroom Experiences in Grades 5–12 By Brad Sever Learn a ve-step process for sustainable projectbased learning (SPBL) that partners academic growth with social-emotional skill development.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG012 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-33-0

You Can Learn! NEW

Building Student Ownership, Motivation, and Ef cacy With the PLC at Work® Process By Tim Brown and William M. Ferriter With You Can Learn!, you will discover intentional and purposeful steps your PLC team can take to increase the self-ef cacy of every learner.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG020 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-49-1 144 pages

Teaching Self-Regulation NEW

Seventy-Five Instructional Activities to Foster Independent, Proactive Students, Grades 6–12 By Amy S. Gaumer Erickson and Patricia M. Noonan Empower students to master self-regulation through 75 teacher-tested instructional activities designed speci cally for secondary classrooms.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF988 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-77-4 Grades 6–12; 208 pages

Not Yet . . . And That’s OK NEW

How Productive Struggle Fosters Student Learning By Peg Grafwallner Learn speci c ways to encourage productive struggle and ensure your students deeply value themselves as learners and risk takers.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG008 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-25-5 248 pages

Five Paths of Student Engagement NEW

Blazing the Trail to Learning and Success By Dennis Shirley and Andy Hargreaves With Five Paths of Student Engagement, you will embark on an educational quest that leads directly to your students’ well-being, learning, and success.

The Complete Guide to Blended Learning NEW

Activating Agency, Differentiation, Community, and Inquiry for Students By Catlin R. Tucker Combining theory, re ection, and personal experience, this essential guide equips educators with strategies and tools to enhance student learning in blended environments and beyond.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG082 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-954631-33-5

The Literacy Triangle NEW

50+ High-Impact Strategies to Integrate Reading, Discussing, and Writing in K–8 Classrooms By LeAnn Nickelsen and Melissa Dickson Accelerate learning with high-impact strategies. Beginning and veteran teachers alike will nd insights and practices they can use immediately.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF983 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-67-5

Student Self-Assessment NEW

Data Notebooks, Portfolios, and Other Tools to Advance Learning By Katie White Learn how to plan and implement self-assessment strategies that will increase the achievement of every learner.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG038 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-85-9 160 pages

Shifting to Digital NEW

A Guide to Engaging, Teaching, and Assessing Remote Learners By James A. Bellanca, Gwendolyn Battle Lavert, and Kate Bellanca Rely on Shifting to Digital to give you clear, concise, and helpful answers to all of your remote teaching questions.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG006 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-21-7 272 pages

Doable Differentiation NEW

Twelve Strategies to Meet the Needs of All Learners By Jane A. G. Kise Access 12 research-based differentiated instruction strategies designed to support, engage, and challenge students with diverse learning styles.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF952 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-84-1 288 pages

Ready for the Workforce NEW

Engaging Strategies for Teaching Secondary Learners Employability Skills By Christi McBride and Brenda Duncan-Davis Learn how to utilize the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework to foster con dent, wellrounded, career-ready students.

The Tactical Teacher NEW

Proven Strategies to Positively In uence Student Learning and Classroom Behavior By Dale Ripley Improve the behavior of even your most challenging students. You’ll gain strategies for addressing disruptions, developing productive student-teacher relationships, and more.

22GCTG-S2A–BKG025 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-952812-59-0 256 pages

Poor Students, Rich Teaching

Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty By Eric Jensen Bestseller Revised Edition The latest edition of Poor Students, Rich Teaching details seven essential mindsets for reaching students from poverty.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF887 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-63-6 272 pages

The Student-Centered Classroom

Transforming Your Teaching and Grading Practices By Jeanetta Jones Miller Leave behind one-size- ts-all lessons, tests, and grades in favor of a student-centered approach that is interactive, individualized, and rigorous.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF951 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-99-8 168 pages

Building Bridges

Engaging Students at Risk Through the Power of Relationships By Don Parker

Foreword by Robert Jackson Reach every learner by building teacherstudent relationships and creating a welcoming learning environment that fosters motivation, engagement, and achievement.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF846 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-35-3 200 pages

EMPOWER Your Students

Tools to Inspire a Meaningful School Experience, Grades 6–12 By Lauren Porosoff and Jonathan Weinstein Discover how to use the elements of EMPOWER—exploration, motivation, participation, openness, willingness, empathy, and resilience—to make school a positive, meaningful experience for students.

The Wraparound Guide

How to Gather Student Voice, Build Community Partnerships, and Cultivate Hope By Leigh Colburn and Linda Beggs

Foreword by Robert D. Barr With this timely guide, discover actionable steps for launching and sustaining wraparound services embedded within your school that support the whole child.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF956 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-07-1 280 pages

COMPANION RESOURCES

The Handbook for Poor Students, Rich Teaching

By Eric Jensen Discover a plethora of tools, organizers, worksheets, and surveys designed to help you change the lives of students from poverty.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF888 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-65-0 280 pages

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Owning It

Proven Strategies to Ace and Embrace Teaching By Alex Kajitani

With Mindy Crum, Pete Fisher, and Megan Pincus-Kajitani Foreword by Harry K. Wong Access easy-to-implement strategies designed to help modern-day educators excel in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF835 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-11-7 232 pages

Loving What They Learn

Research-Based Strategies to Increase Student Engagement By Alexander McNeece Achieve high engagement by building competence, autonomy, relationships, and content relevance in students, resulting in positive academic self-concept and self-ef cacy.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF917 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-21-9 192 pages

COMPANION RESOURCES

Two-for-One Teaching

Connecting Instruction to Student Values By Lauren Porosoff and Jonathan Weinstein Empower students to discover what matters to them using research-based strategies that foster agency, community, self-re ection, and vitality in the classroom.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF923 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-33-2 248 pages

I’m Listening

How Teacher-Student Relationships Improve Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening By Beth Pandolpho Rely on I’m Listening to help you build strong teacher-student and student-student relationships that lead to students’ literacy skill development.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF926 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-39-4 Grades 6–12; 224 pages

Pro ciency-Based Instruction

Rethinking Lesson Design and Delivery By Eric Twadell, Mark Onuscheck, Anthony R. Reibel, and Troy Gobble Gain a clear ve-step process for fully and seamlessly transitioning from one-size- ts-all teaching to pro ciency-based instruction.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF838 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-17-9 168 pages

Motivating Students

25 Strategies to Light the Fire of Engagement By Carolyn Chapman and Nicole M. Dimich Instill a lasting love of learning in students of any age. Learn why students disengage and how to motivate them to achieve success with a ve-step framework.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF371 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-935249-78-8 240 pages

From Tired to Inspired

Fresh Strategies to Engage Students in Literacy By Mary Kim Schreck In this Common Core State Standards–aligned book, educators will discover research-based tips and strategies to improve literacy from upper elementary to secondary school classrooms.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF594 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD Special Price $5.00 USD and CAD ISBN 978-1-936764-37-2 208 pages

Teachers as Architects of Learning

Twelve Constructs to Design and Con gure Successful Learning Experiences By Gavin Grift and Clare Major

Foreword by Janelle Wills Second Edition Craft a personal blueprint for teaching that ensures student learning stands as the foundation of your classroom.

22GCTG-S2A–BKB010 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-39-2 176 pages

Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement

Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom By Rebecca Stobaugh Access 50 strategies for empowering students to develop essential 21st century skills—from critical thinking and problem-solving to teamwork and creativity.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF894 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-77-3 176 pages

Coaching Your Classroom

How to Deliver Actionable Feedback to Students By Garnet Hillman and Mandy Stalets Learn how to employ speci c athletic coaching techniques to create a forward-looking, student-centered culture in your classroom.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF845 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-33-9 144 pages

You’ve Got to Reach Them to Teach Them

Hard Facts About the Soft Skills of Student Engagement By Mary Kim Schreck Navigate the hot topic of student engagement with a true expert. Real-life notes from the eld, detailed discussions, practical strategies, and space for re ection complete this essential guide.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF404 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-935542-05-6 232 pages

Softening the Edges

Assessment Practices That Honor K–12 Teachers and Learners By Katie White

Foreword by Cassandra Erkens Build a daily classroom practice that allows you to design, deliver, and differentiate instruction and assessment to address students’ diverse intellectual, physical, emotional, and social needs.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF781 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-943874-07-1 240 pages

Ready to Learn

The FRAME Model for Optimizing Student Success By Peg Grafwallner Rely on the ve-step FRAME model to help you create motivating and engaging learning experiences for any grade level or content area.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF922 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-31-8 152 pages

Thinking Protocols for Learning NEW

By Janelle Wills Grow students into creative, ethical, and critical thinkers who can con dently navigate the complexities of a rapidly changing world.

22GCTG-S2A–BKB016 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-97-2 200 pages

Different Schools for a

Different World #1 New Release on Amazon By Scott McLeod and Dean Shareski Foreword by William M. Ferriter Explore six key arguments for why educators must approach schooling differently, and learn how schools are tackling each argument head-on.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF729 $17.95 USD | $23.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-943874-10-1 80 pages

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Personalizing Learning Through Voice and Choice

By Adam Garry, Amos Fodchuk, and Lauren Hobbs Foreword by William M. Ferriter This practical resource introduces personalized learning’s key concepts and reveals structures that empower student voice and choice across a school.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF657 $17.95 USD | $23.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-935542-17-9 80 pages  Visit SolutionTree.com/LearningSpaces for more books in this series.

Making Learning Flow

By John Spencer Foreword by William M. Ferriter Rethink student engagement and bring ow to the classroom to inspire students to love learning and reach optimal achievement.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF733 $17.95 USD | $23.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-943874-18-7 72 pages

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Building Classroom Communities

Strategies for Developing a Culture of Caring By David A. Levine This resource will help you create a uni ed, caring classroom in which all students feel they belong and love the learning process.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF391 $26.95 USD | $35.50 CAD Special Price $5.00 USD and CAD ISBN 978-1-935249-91-7 Grades K–8; 136 pages

Designing the Future

How Engineering Builds Creative Critical Thinkers in the Classroom By Ann Kaiser Encourage creativity, communication, innovation, and collaboration in students by incorporating engineering design challenges into existing classwork.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF853 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-55-1 248 pages

Whatever Happened to the Classroom Turtle?

How Animals Spark Student Engagement and a Love of Learning By Brady Barr Discover how to improve students’ well-being and achievement by reintroducing animals into 21st century classrooms.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF815 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-945349-76-8 136 pages

The Quest for Learning

How to Maximize Student Engagement By Marie Alcock, Michael Fisher, and Allison Zmuda Foreword by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Discover how to use questing—a pedagogy tailored to a student’s interests, needs, and abilities—to foster 21st century skills.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF718 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-942496-90-8 160 pages

Problems-First Learning

A Framework for Engaging Minds and Nurturing Thinkers in Grades 6–12 By Ted McCain

Foreword by Sara Armstrong Fully engage students by rst introducing a problem and then empowering learners to solve it using creativity, innovation, collaboration, and other essential skills.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF944 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-77-6 Grades 6–12; 176 pages

Launching and Consolidating Unstoppable Learning

By Alexander McNeece Edited by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey Explore strategies and scenarios for two essential Unstoppable Learning model elements—launching and consolidating—to cultivate meaningful student engagement.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF740 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-945349-85-0 136 pages

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The New Art and Science of Teaching

By Robert J. Marzano Bestseller This title is a greatly expanded volume of the original The Art and Science of Teaching, offering a framework for substantive change based on Dr. Marzano’s 50 years of education research.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF776 $33.95 USD | $44.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-943874-96-5 152 pages

The Handbook for the New Art and

Science of Teaching #1 New Release on Amazon 22GCTG-S2A–BKF844 $41.95 USD | $54.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-31-5 360 pages

The New Art and Science of Teaching Writing

By Kathy Tuchman Glass and Robert J. Marzano

22GCTG-S2A–BKF796 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-945349-36-2 192 pages

The New Art and Science of Teaching

Mathematics #1 New Release on Amazon By Nathan D. Lang-Raad and Robert J. Marzano

22GCTG-S2A–BKF810 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-945349-65-2 152 pages

Motivating Students Who Don’t Care

NEW #1 New Release on Amazon

Proven Strategies to Engage All Learners By Allen N. Mendler Second Edition In the second edition of this valuable resource, Allen N. Mendler offers speci c, practical strategies on how to reignite enthusiasm in even the most unmotivated students.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF970 $26.95 USD | $35.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-43-9 120 pages

Student Engagement Experts

The New Art and Science of Teaching

By Robert J. Marzano Bestseller Robert J. Marzano’s ve decades of education research come to life in this unscripted book and video set, which features 18 new instructional strategies.

22GCTG-S2A–DVF075 $199.95 USD | $260.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-947604-46-9 72-minute DVD; 24-page Facilitator’s Guide (in print and on CD); book

The New Art and Science of Teaching Reading

By Julia A. Simms and Robert J. Marzano

22GCTG-S2A–BKF811 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-945349-67-6 224 pages

The New Art and Science of Teaching Art and Music

By Mark Onuscheck, Robert J. Marzano, and Jonathan Grice

22GCTG-S2A–BKF817 $31.95 USD | $42.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-945349-80-5 168 pages All New Art and Science of Teaching titles on this page are joint publications with ASCD.

Personalized Deeper Learning

Blueprints for Teaching Complex Cognitive, Social-Emotional, and Digital Skills By James A. Bellanca Access simple yet powerful personalized learning templates that any teacher—regardless of grade, existing curriculum, or student load— can adapt and scale.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF975 $39.95 USD | $52.00 CAD ISBN 978-1-951075-41-5 272 pages

Teaching for Transfer

A Guide for Designing Learning With RealWorld Application By Michael McDowell

Foreword by Jay McTighe Empower K–12 learners to transfer their current knowledge to new contexts, navigate real-world problems, and more.

22GCTG-S2A–BKF950 $36.95 USD | $48.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-949539-93-6 192 pages

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